He said ‘I get anxiety every day. It creeps up on you. I’ve been working on it for eight years and I closed off from reality.

‘Whether it’s getting rid of your phone or only looking at emails twice a day. Or cutting down my friendship group to the bare minimum just so I can trust everyone.’ #

Ed revealed he chooses to live a very private life because he finds people wanting to take photos of him all the time hard to cope with.

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